- αὐτοφυής
- αὐτο-φῠής, ές,A self-grown, στρωμνὴ οἰκεία τε καὶ αὐ., of the fur of beasts, Pl.Prt.321a; self-existent, Critias 19.1 D.2 self-grown, of home production,
ἀγαθά X.Vect.2.1
;ὦπόλι φίλη Κέκροπος, αὐτοφυὲς Ἀττική Ar.Fr.110
.3 natural, opp. artificial,οὐδός Hes.Th.813
;λιμήν Th.1.93
; χρυσὸς αὐ. native gold, D.S.3.45;κύανος αὐ. Thphr. Lap.39
; αὐ. λόφοι hills in their natural state, not quarried or mined, X.Vect.4.2;κορύναν αὐτοφυῆ
a natural growth,Theoc.
9.24; opp. χειροποίητος, Plb.9.27.4; opp. τὰ διὰ τέχνης, wild, not cultivable, Thphr.CP3.1.1; of a horse, τὸν αὐτοφυῆ (sc. δρόμον) διατροχάζειν to have natural paces, X.Eq.7.11; αὐ. γηρύματα 'native wood-notes wild', of birds, opp. language, Plu.2.973a; of style, natural, simple, D.H.Din.7; αὐ. αἴσθησις, opp. ἐπιστημονική, Phld.Mus.p.11 K., cf. p.63 K.: [comp] Comp. -έστερος more natural, of an explanation, Simp. in Ph.149.18. Adv. -φυῶς, ὅμοιον like by nature, 6opp. μιμητής, Pl. Grg.513b;αὐ. ἀγαθοί Id.Lg.642c
.4τὸ αὐ.
one's own nature,Id.
R.486e; natural state, opp. τὸ ἐπίκτητον, Arist.Rh.1365a29.II [voice] Act., bearing, producing of itself,γῆ αὐ. ὧν φέρει Philostr.Im.2.18
. Adv.-φυῶς
spontaneously,Syrian.
in Metaph.123.22;αὐ. κινούμενοι Plot.6.5.1
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